Have any friends ever learned about couplets? Or the most common ones you see are Spring Festival couplets, wedding couplets, festive couplets, etc. However, there are many aspects of couplets that you may not have understood yet. I Collect some knowledge about couplets and let’s learn about them together!
What does couplets mean_The origin of couplets
Knowledge about couplets
Spring Festival Couplets Customs Spring Festival Couplets As a custom, Spring Festival couplets are an important part of the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation. In 2005, the State Council included the custom of couplets in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists. The relevant introduction and evaluation text are as follows:
The custom of couplets originated from the duality phenomenon in ancient Chinese in my country, during the Western Jin Dynasty (around 290 AD) , the appearance of well-regulated couplets can be regarded as an important symbol of its formation. In the historical transmission process of more than 1,700 years, couplets, parallel poems, rhymed poems and other traditional literary forms have influenced and learned from each other. Through three important development periods, namely the Northern Song Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, the forms have become increasingly diverse and the cultural accumulation has gradually become richer. Couplets have common names such as Ouyu, Lici, and couplets. They are called "couples" and began in the Ming Dynasty.
Couplets use "vice" as the quantifier. They are usually composed of two lines of text and are displayed side by side vertically. They are read from top to bottom, right first and then left, with the upper couplet on the right and the lower couplet on the left. Couplets belong to metrical literature, and there are various kinds of particularities, but there is no limit on the number of words and sentences, ranging from one word to a thousand words. Its stylistic characteristics include up-and-down opposition, equal number of words, same part of speech, opposition between oblique and oblique words, lexical correspondence, rhythmic antiphonal rhythm, and form and meaning couplets. Among them, the opposition between oblique and oblique pronunciation and part of speech is particularly relevant. The couplets are concise and concise, and are both elegant and popular. They are called "the poem among poems".
Couplets take text as the content and calligraphy as the carrier. They have a wide variety of products, including paper mounting, mirror frames, wood carvings, stone carvings, bamboo carvings, etc. In the process of the development of couplets, a large number of related writings have appeared, and there are tens of thousands of various classics on couplets.
Couplets are widely used. In addition to hanging in famous palaces, pavilions, halls and libraries, they are also widely used in festivals, gifts, congratulations, condolences, mausoleums and other occasions. According to different functions, it can be divided into Spring Festival couplets, longevity couplets, scenery couplets, self-titled couplets and various technical couplets, etc.
The custom of couplets has been passed down and spread among the Chinese and even in areas around the world where Chinese is spoken and among ethnic groups that have cultural origins with Chinese characters. It is of great value to the promotion of Chinese national culture.
Couplet customs mainly include the following types:
Spring couplet customs. Spring couplets, known as spring posts in ancient times, are a kind of seasonal couplets written and posted during the annual Spring Festival. The custom of Spring Festival couplets originated in the Five Dynasties, took shape in the Song Dynasty, and became very common in the Ming Dynasty. In Hunan, posting Spring Festival couplets is an important custom in the Spring Festival culture. Spring couplets are celebratory, timely and targeted, and highlight the word "spring".
There are many types of Spring Festival couplets. According to the place of use, they can be divided into door centers, frame pairs, horizontal drapes, spring strips, bucket squares, etc. The "door center" is affixed to the upper center of the door panel; the "frame pair" is affixed to the left and right door frames; the "horizontal stripe" is affixed to the crossbar of the door; the "spring strips" are affixed to the corresponding places according to different contents; "Dojin" is also called "door leaf", which is square and diamond-shaped, and is often posted on furniture and screen walls.
1. Marriage customs. Wedding couplets are couplets written to celebrate the joy of marriage and are usually posted on the door of the wedding home, the bridal chamber door, the hall or the funeral hall. The content is mostly enthusiastic praise and good wishes for the two parties to the marriage, with a strong auspicious and festive color.
2. The custom of longevity couplets. Shou couplets are couplets specially used to wish birthdays to people who have passed their birthdays. The content is generally about praising the achievements, talents and morals of the people who have passed their lives, and wishing them good luck, longevity, happiness and happiness. It has a warm and solemn emotional color.